A. C. Benson

a.k.a.Arthur Christopher Benson

Author Code: EACB

Born: Apr. 24, 1862 - (?) England

Died: Jun. 17, 1925 - Cambridge, England

Educated at Temple Grove, Eton and King's College, Cambridge, Benson joined the staff of Eton and later became the schoolmaster and school historian. He held this post until he retired in 1903. He began publishing poetry around 1892 and in 1902 published the libretto for Elgar's Coronation Ode; Land of Hope and Glory brought him instant national fame which has lasted to this day. After leaving Eton, he co-edited Queen Victoria's correspondence (3 Vols. 1907) and was made Commander of the Royal Victorian Order. He was elected fellow of Magdalene College in 1904 and in 1912 was elected as its president. In 1915, he was appointed Master of Magdalene. A Noted and respected essayist, Benson's From a College Window (1906) was extremely popular at the time. Benson also left behind his diary. At some four million words it ranks as one of the longest diaries ever written. His other works include Men of Might, Studies of Great Characters (1892), Alfred Tennyson (1904), House of Quiet (1906), Altar Fire (1907), At Large (1908), Child of the Dawn (1912), Father Payne (1915), Hugh, Memoirs of a Brother (1915), Memories and Friends (1924) and Rambles and Reflections (1926 Posthumous).

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EACB002

The Altar Fire

1907

138

759k

EACB009

At Large

Contentment

The Dramatic Sense

Equality

Friendship

Humour

Joy

Kelmscott and William Morris

Literary Finish

The Love of God

A Midsummer Day's Dream

Optimism

Our Lack of Great Men

The Scene

Shyness

Specialism

A Speech-Day

Symbols

Travel

1908

103

673k

EACB011

The Child of the Dawn

1912

12

601k

EACB010

Cressage

1927

153

755k

EACB003

Escape and Other Essays

Authorship

Behold, this Dreamer Cometh

Charm

Dreams

Escape

Herb Moly and Heartsease

The House of Pengersick

Literature and Life

The New Poets

Schooldays

Sunset

That Other One

Villages

The Visitant

Walt Whitman

1915

80

553k

EACB013

Father Payne

1915

170

904k

EACB001

From A College Window

Ambition

Art

Authorship

Beauty

Books

Conversation

The Criticism of Others

Education

Egotism

Games

On Growing Older

Habits

The Point of View

Priests

Religion

The Simple Life

Sociabilities

Spiritualism

1906

86

611k

EACB014

The Isles of Sunset

The Isles of Sunset

Out of the Sea

Paul the Minstrel

Renatus

The Slype House

The Waving of the Sword

1908

62

476k

EACB015

Joyous Gard

1913

66

463k

EACB012

Out of the Sea

1903

7

193k

EACB006

The Silent Isle

1913

140

799k

EACB007

The Training of the Imagination

1919

7

213k

EACB008

The Upton Letters

1905

113

659k

EACB005

Watersprings

1913

112

666k

EACB004

Where No Fear Was

Affection

Charlotte Bronte

The Darkest Doubt

Dr. Johnson

Fear of Life

Fears of Age

Fears of Boyhood

Fears of Childhood

Fears of Middle Age

Fears of Youth

Instinctive Fear

John Sterling

Serenity

The Shadow

Shapes of Fear

Simplicity

Sin

Tennyson, Ruskin, Carlyle

The Use of Fear

Vulnerability

1914

62

478k

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